2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 37:2309 — Examinations

§2309.  Examinations

A.  Applicants for certificates under the provisions of this Chapter shall be examined at a time and place fixed by the board; said examination shall be held not less than twice a year.  Applications shall be filed with the board at least ten days before the date set for the examination and shall be accompanied by the examination fee prescribed herein.

B.  The examination shall be confined to the knowledge, practical experience, and skill necessary and essential to the proper maintenance and repairing of radio and television receivers, playback and recording devices, video cassette recorders, and satellite signal receiving equipment as defined in R.S. 37:2302(2) and a practical demonstration of the applicant's skill in connection therewith.  Any individual engaged in the repair, service, or maintenance of any radio and television receiver, playback or recording device, video cassette recorder, or satellite signal receiving equipment as used in the home, hospitals, the automobile or other vehicle shall be licensed as hereinafter provided.

C.  There shall be two classes of licenses to be known as: apprentice license and technician license.

D.  An apprentice license shall be issued to any individual after the applicant has taken and passed a written examination with a grade as provided herein, upon the payment of the examination and certificate fee.  No holder of an apprentice license may service or repair any radio, television, playback or recording device, video cassette recorder, or satellite signal receiving equipment, as used in the home, hospitals, the automobile or other vehicle unless a licensed technician is present while such work is being done.  Before an apprentice license shall be issued to an individual he shall be registered with the federal and state departments of labor.

E.  The written examination for the apprentice license shall consist of fifty practical questions of the multiple answer form such as used by the United States civil service and municipal civil service examining boards.  Each correct answer shall be worth two percentage points, and to receive a passing grade, a total of sixty-two percentage points shall be required.

F.  In scoring the examinations, honorably discharged veterans shall be given a preference of five percentage points.

G.  An examining committee shall be appointed by the Louisiana State Radio and Television Technicians Board for the purpose of conducting examinations.  This committee shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be instructors from accredited schools teaching electronics, radio, and television maintenance and repairs, and two members who are expert television technicians now employed and working at the repair, diagnosis, and servicing of radio, television, automobile radio,  playback or recording device equipment, video cassette recorders, and satellite signal receiving equipment at leading television and radio service companies.  The committee shall determine the questions and answers to be used and shall change the questions and answers from time to time so they shall be parallel to the progress being made in the radio, television, and electronics field.

H.  The applicant for a license as a technician shall have been licensed at least two years as an apprentice or shall have had at least two years of education in electronics in an accredited school approved by the board, or shall have had at least two years experience in the repair, service, or maintenance of radio, television, playback or recording device equipment, video cassette recorders, and satellite signal receiving equipment and shall furnish affidavits from two other persons engaged in the same work to the effect that the applicant possesses the above qualifications.

I.  The examination for technician shall consist of fifty questions in multiple answer form as used in the apprentice technician examination, but shall be advanced and shall be a different set so as to require a greater knowledge of the subject.  Each correct answer to questions shall be worth two percentage points and a passing grade of 74 shall be required.  The questions and answers used in the above examination shall be drawn up by the same committee appointed by the Louisiana State Radio and Television Technicians Board.

J.  After passing the examination, and upon the payment of the prescribed fee, a license good for the current year shall be issued the applicant, which may be renewed as hereinafter provided.

K.  A licensed technician may service or repair any radio, television, or audio only playback or recording device equipment, video cassette recorder, or satellite signal receiving equipment as long as his license is current and has not been revoked for cause.

L.  A licensed radio technician may service or repair any radio, or audio only playback or recording device equipment as long as his license is current and has not been revoked for cause.

Acts 1974, No. 576, §1; Acts 1978, No. 732, §1; Acts 1980, No. 512, §1; Acts 1982, No. 269, §1; Acts 1990, No. 803, §1; Acts 2004, No. 296, §1.